SideriteA beautiful cream beige colored compressed rhomb or disc of Siderite proudly sits atop a mound of smaller Siderite crystals which are adorned by small, sparkling Pyrite crystals. The Siderites from this mine are not the typical blocky rhombic habit like those seen from a lot of other ore bodies in Colorado. This mine is long defunct and will never produce these specimens again. They are highly prized among Colorado collectors for their unique form and

Excellent quality and wonderful aesthetics

emerald green color

Specimen# CO712B43

The final touch to the piece is the rarely seen Quartz and Siderite matrix with minor black Cassiterite

predominant

bicolor (green and colorless) Apatite crystals (some are doubly terminated) measuring up to 6 mm sitting on Quartz and sulfide matrix

ridiculously rare specimen consisting of beautiful blue color

There is an interesting white "vein" of Microcline running through the center of one of the Amazonite crystals

It’s such a unique color combination and displays beautifully as you can see from the photos

This splendid piece is a sharp

A difficult specimen to photograph

and this piece would make a fine addition to any thumbnail collection or a suite of Pakistani minerals or worldwide metamorphic minerals